I hate work so much. It's now turned into such a horrible place. No one is smiling anymore and everyone is grumpy and pissy, which has now gotten me grumpy and pissy. BGG, Yucata, RPG, are now all blocked. Gchat is now all blocked for the sake of productivity. I'm so pissed for that as I now need to find other places to relax/vent during work. At the beginning of the month, a nice christmas present to a few of the people I know was a nice big pink slip. People here are already on edge because of year end and the layoffs were just a small part of it. People are coming in early and staying late. I had to stay late today because of a client, which I don't even work on, had issues and I was lucky enough to go fix them since apparently I don't ever have enough to do. I feel so ragged and emotionless lately and now even more. The upper management hasn't been promoting anymore and we have been taking on new business... supposedly. I still haven't seen it and it is still all talk. If it does, I'm sure all of us will get even more work pushed on us. A bunch of are pushed to our limits and I fear i will break soon. A manager friend of mine and I had a mentor meeting and she said that I should start looking elsewhere as it won't get any better any time soon. I'm really starting to agree. There's just seas of blank and unhappy faces. The envoirnment has really turned hostile.

Oh, and the best part of today? My immediate manager, who incidently was working on the client project too, had to bail to go to the Patriots game with my client while I had to pull an hour and half of overtime today. JOY! I think it's time to find a new job.

I hate work so much. It's now turned into such a horrible place. No one is smiling anymore and everyone is grumpy and pissy, which has now gotten me grumpy and pissy. BGG, Yucata, RPG, are now all blocked. Gchat is now all blocked for the sake of productivity. I'm so pissed for that as I now need to find other places to relax/vent during work. At the beginning of the month, a nice christmas present to a few of the people I know was a nice big pink slip. People here are already on edge because of year end and the layoffs were just a small part of it. People are coming in early and staying late. I had to stay late today because of a client, which I don't even work on, had issues and I was lucky enough to go fix them since apparently I don't ever have enough to do. I feel so ragged and emotionless lately and now even more. The upper management hasn't been promoting anymore and we have been taking on new business... supposedly. I still haven't seen it and it is still all talk. If it does, I'm sure all of us will get even more work pushed on us. A bunch of are pushed to our limits and I fear i will break soon. A manager friend of mine and I had a mentor meeting and she said that I should start looking elsewhere as it won't get any better any time soon. I'm really starting to agree. There's just seas of blank and unhappy faces. The envoirnment has really turned hostile.

Oh, and the best part of today? My immediate manager, who incidently was working on the client project too, had to bail to go to the Patriots game with my client while I had to pull an hour and half of overtime today. JOY! I think it's time to find a new job.

You know I'm with you and praying for you Rappy. Stay strong my friend.

Well I been watchin' while you been coughin, I've been drinking life while you've been nauseous, and so I drink to health while you kill yourself and I got just one thing that I can offer... Go on and save yourself and take it out on me

Dude, I've been there. I know sometimes you've got to man up to keep paying the bills and that's even worse. Keep your head up, and do the best you can. In the mean time, find a new job. It's not easy, but they're out there.

I know this won't be a popular opinion, but I can't sympathise with this part of your post (the rest of it, I very much can and is a familiar story in lots of countries, industries and companies).

I don't understand why anyone would expect their employer to allow access to non-work related websites. However crappy it might be, they are paying you to do a job, not mess around on the internet all day. If you have the time to surf, are you really overworked? It's like being annoyed that they won't let you have a TV in your office you can watch whenever you feel like it.

CraaaAAAAAaaapy. Here's hopin' things change for the best, Richard! It's quite amazing to me how often companies lose sight of the fact that morale is a very important, akin to electricity and water for the building.

1. Create a LinkedIn profile and start connecting/networking with other professionals. 2. Update your resume with accomplishments and detailed stats (no more 1 page garbage).3. Polish your Facebook page and remove information that could cause a potential employer to discriminate and not consider you when you apply for a new role4. Exercise and eat well5. Document your job hunting efforts to keep track of where you've applied, who you've talked to, and any results

Same thing here. We have two people to support 3000 users, about 1500 PCs and three blocks worth of campus. We average 400-500 phone calls a day and have three people to answer them. Basically all I do during the day is deal with the issues where directors/managers/executives are already pissed and make them happy. There's a lot more grumbling I could do, but I won't.

Are applications for that still open? I'm getting a 6 quart kitchen aid mixer for Christmas this year, so at last I have something to contribute..

I decided to treat myself after being 'on furlough' for most of November. That's when you don't go to work because the government didn't pay the contract so they can't pay you, and when you get back you have to make up for being gone.. but at least you don't have to worry about where to go on vacation since you used that up.

because NONE of that rubbish is directly contributing to that holiest of holies: "The Bottom Line."

Holy crap, that's a list of fantasy benefits I wish I had at my job.

Vacation Days - nope. You take the days off you are assigned. You don't get any say in the matter, because the company shuts down on those days.Sick Days - legal minimum.Medical Leave - legal minimum.Telecommuting - no way.The 40-hour workweek - maybe in slow season.Lunch hours - 30 minutes.Paid overtime - salary. No overtime.Employer medical benefits - So bare that everyone uses an outside source if possible.Casual work-wear - if it has the company logo, OK.